1. If MSU's 2026 class meets expectations and the right veterans stick around, look out

This Michigan State basketball season has barely started and there are good players on this year’s team that won’t be back and others whose returns in this day and age shouldn’t be taken for granted. But …

Let’s talk about next season for a minute. Because Michigan State’s 2026 recruiting class has become one of those Tom Izzo classes that could elevate the Spartans into national contention, if these recruits meet expectations and the right veterans stick around.

MSU landed 7-foot-1, five-star center Ethan Taylor on Friday afternoon . He chose the Spartans over Kansas and Oregon. Taylor appears to be the most complete big man the Spartans have added since Jaren Jackson Jr. eight years ago. Xavier Bo

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